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Irene Mulvey

Irene Mulvey

AAUP Immediate Past President; Professor Emerita of Mathematics, Fairfield University

Dr. Irene Mulvey is a mathematician, faculty activist and Immediate Past President of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). She has been active in the AAUP for decades, serving multiple terms on the AAUP’s Governing Council, the Council’s Executive Committee, Committee A on Academic Freedom & Tenure, Committee on College and University Governance, and more. In June 2020, she was elected to a four-year term as President of the AAUP on a platform that included a commitment to racial justice and a promise to take steps to address systemic and institutional racism in the AAUP and in the academy. 

We in the Higher Ed community have not done a good job in explaining the value and the importance of the university. It’s not just good to have in a democracy; It is a pillar of democracy, and when you undermine it, you are threatening democracy.